Wheel combination felloe and spacer ring



Sept. 19, 1933. WALTHER 1,927,579

WHEEL COMBINATION FELLOE AND SPACER RING Original Filed Jan. 21, 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet l Jmbwnv qEoRqE WALTHER,

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WHEEL COMBINATION FELLOE AND SPACER RING Original Filed Jan. 21, 1929 s Sheets-Sheet 3 N IN VENTOR QM.

A TTORNE Y5 ary'21, 1929.

PATENT orificev SPACER RING WHEEL COMBINATION FELLOE AND George Walther, Dayton, Ohio,

Dayton Steel Foundry Company, a corporation of Ohio assignor to The Dayton, Ohio,

Original application January 21, 1929, Serial No'. I

Divided and this application March 6, 1930. Serial No. 433,526 7 a v k I 7 Claims. (015301-12) Myinvention relates to wheels and is a division of my application, Serial No. 333,779, filed Janu- It is the object of my invention to provide a wheel adapted to support either single or dual pneumatic rims for tires.

It is a further object clamping lugs of thesame adaptable for use with matic rims.

to provide rim retaining Referring to the drawings: a Figure l is a front elevation of a segment of one form of my wheel wi Figure 2 is a similar '7 mounted;

th a single rim mounted; view with the dual rim on the line 3-3 of Fi section on the line 44 of Fig- 5 is a front elevation of a segment of a modified form of my wheel employing asingle rim;

Figure 6 is a view of a segment of the same wheel with the same clamping ring used for mounting, dual rims;

Figure 7 is a section ure 5;

Figure 8 is a sectionure 6.

Referring to the draw and-2 indicates spokes.

It will be understood on the line '7-7 of Figon the line ii-s of Figings in detail, 1 is a hub that if the spokes are made with a cast rim they will be made of cast steel, whereas if they are made of malleable iron, the hub andspokes will have free. ends as it is not feasible to cast a wheel of malleable iron having an integral felloe rim. In the embodiment shown, the inboard wall of the outerend of each spoke is projected radially outward in a straight line, as at 3, to receive a bolt 4 whose head 5 engages spoke wall 3. The outer end the outside of the of this spoke wall 3 is turned over laterally inwardly towards the vehicle as at 6 and is arranged with-a fiat outer surface 7 and a tapered On the outboard side end is turned laterally thence radially outward surface 8.

of the wheel the spoke outwardly as at 9 and as at 10. On the outboard side of the wheel near its periphery is a shoulder 11 having a 4'passes through the portion or wall 10.

periphery of this wall is surface 13 and a the tapered surfaces 12 ingly tapered surfaces tapered surface 12. The bolt The provided with a tapered fiat surface 14, Mountedupon and 13 are correspond- 15 and 16 of a wedge ring which consists of a vertical portion 17 mounted on the bolt 4 and diagonally disposed portions a radially inner one 18 and a radially outer one 19.

The tapered surface 15 o of the wedge ring, when f the diagonal portion 18 a single rim in place on the spoke while its form, size and shape 7 either dual or single pneuof construction is shown the wheel,-rests upon the tapered surface 12"of tapered surface 20 supports a ring 'lug which has a correspondingly tapered surface. The ring lug itself is designated .21. The upper edge of this ring lug 21 engagesthe outside of a tire rim 22 as at 23. Thistire "rim has a marginally. disposed radially extending shoulder, the outboard face of which is designated 23 and the inboard is designated 24. This inboard tapered face rests upon thevcorrespondingly tapered face .25 of the diagonally disposed portion 19 of the wedge ring.

When it is desired to mount two tire rims on thisspoke, the. arrangement" is as shown in Figure 4 or Figure 8' dependingupon the exact modification} f The two rims arearranged with their rim tapered face, of which tires and two' shoulders facing each other towards the center of the wheel. I a a It will be noted that the spoke ends '7 and 14 are of different radial lengths, the greater length being on the inboard side of the wheel. Thus, the surface 8 of the spoke end wall engages surface 24 of the inboard tire rim. The fiat upper surface 14 of the spoke end will support the spacer ring 26 whose upstanding sidewalls 27 andf28 respectively engage the surfaces 23 of the tire rimshoulders. l y The wedge ring has been reversed in position so that the portion 18 now engages the surface 12 of the spoke ends. a a The portion 19 now engages the surface24 of the tire rim. The bolt 4; isarranged to pass through the spoke ends and the wedge ring in the usual manner. Thus, the same spokes, tire rimsandwedge ring may be employed for either'single or dual pneumatic wheels. f M A A slight modificationof this general principle in Figures 5; 6, '7 and 8 where ,we' have the spokes 2 provided with a radially outwardly extending inboard sidewall 3 with-a laterally inwardly turned edge "6 having I a radially 1 outwardly The outboard side of the spoke is provided with wall 10 is flat as at 1411 and hasno tapered sur- I face ordinarilyalthoughthis may be provided,

if desired. v h A bolt 4 carriesja rimjlug 29, the laterally ex} tending portion of which engages with the face 1211 on the shoulder engages the face 23- of the tire. rim whilethe inside tapered shoulder engages a corresponding tapered surface 250: the

a. Its upper edge'ja'sat 30 face 24 of the tire rim 7 top face 14a of the spoke.

When it is desired to use the dual rims, as in Figure 8, the surface 32 of the wedge ring 31 is used to engage the surface 24 of the outboard rim while the inside surface 23 of this rim is engaged by the spacer ring 26 through the shoulder 28 while the shoulder 27. of the spacer ring engages the outside face of the inboardtire rim which now rides upon the face 8 of the spoke. This spacer ring 26 may be provided with a struck-up series of lugs 34 which depend into the slots 35 of the spoke. When the two rims are used, it is unnecessary to use the ring lug 29.

It will be understood that I desire to comprehend within my invention such modifications as may be necessary to adapt it to varying conditions and uses. 3

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: 1

1. In a wheel, a huband a plurality of spokes, eachof thespokes having spaced walls on the end thereof with tapered surfaces of different heights facing laterally outwardly and a shoulder mounted radially inwardly of the tapered surface on the outboard wall of each spoke, and a supporting surface on the end of the outboard wall of each spoke for supporting a spacer ring, an interchangeable reversible wedge ring and a bolt for supporting said wedge ring carried in the end of each of said spokes whereby said wedge ring in one position is adapted to space a single rim from the spoke ends and the other position is adapted to clamp dual rims anda spacer ring adapted to fit on the spoke ends between the rim when dual rims are used.

2. .A vehicle wheel construction comprising a Wheel body adapted to support a single tire carrying rim substantially centrally of the wheel body o'r'a pair of tirecarrying rims, one on each side of the center of the wheel body, said Wheel body having. inboard and outboard members having tire rim supporting surfaces, a spacer ring to be used when mounting a pair of tire carrying rims on said wheel body, said spacer ring adapted to abut said inboard and outboard rims on each side of the center of the wheel body when a pair of rims are used, and a reversible wedge ring adapted to be mounted on the outboard surface of the wheel bodywhen mounting a single rim, said wedge ring being reversedwhen a pair of rims is mounted on said Wheel body, and means for attaching said Wedge ring to the wheel body.

3. A vehicle. wheel construction comprising a wheel body adapted to support a single tire carrying rim substantially centrally of the wheel.

body or a pair oftire carrying rims, one on each side of the center of the wheel body, said wheel body having inclined inboard and outboard surfaces facing axially outwardly. a spacer ring to be used when mounting a pair of tire carrying rims on said Wheel body, said spacer ring outboard rims on abutting said inboard and each side of the center of the wheel body when a pair of rims are used, and a reversible wedge ring mounted on the outboardsurface of the wheel. body when'mounting a single rim, said wedge ring being reversed when a pair of rims is mounted on said wheel body and means for attaching said wedge ring to the wheel body.

33 that rests on the .4, A vehicle wheel construction comprising a wheel body adapted to support a single tire carrying rim substantially centrally of the wheel body or a pair of tire carrying rims, one on each side of the center of the wheel body, said wheel body having inboard and outboard surfaces, a spacer ring to be used when mounting a pair of tire carrying rims on said wheel body, said spacer ring abutting said inboard and outboard rims on each side of the center of the wheel body when a pair of rims are used, and a reversible wedge ring mounted on' the outboard surface of the wheel body when mounting a single rim, and means for attaching the wedge ring to the wheel body said 'wedge ring being reversed when a pair of rims is mounted on said wheel body, said wedge ring having a surface for directly supporting a tire carrying rim when mounting one or a plurality of rims on said wheel body.

5Q Avehicle wheel construction comprising a wheel body adapted to support a single tire carrying rim substantially centrallyof the wheel body or a pair of tire carrying rims, one on each side of the center of the wheel body, said wheel body having inboard and outboard members having tire rim supporting surfaces, a spacer ring mounted on said outboard member to be used when mounting a pair of tire carrying rims on said wheel body, said spacer ring adapted to abut'said inboard and outboard rims on each side of the center of the wheel body when a pair of rims are used, and a reversible Wedge ring adapted to be mounted on the outboard surface of the wheel body when mounting a single rim, said wedge ring being reversed when a pair of rims is mounted on said wheel body and means for attaching said Wedge ring to the wheel body.

- 6. A vehicle wheel construction comprising a Wheel body adapted to support a single tire carrying rim substantially centrally of the wheel body or a pairof tire carrying rims, one on each side of the center of the wheel body, I having inboard and outboard members having tire rim supporting surfaces, a spacer ring to be used when mounting a pair oftire carrying rims on said wheel body said wheel body, said spacer ringadapted to abut said inboard and outboard rims on eachside of the center of the wheel body when a pair of rims being reversed when a pair of rims is mounted on said wheel body, said wedge ring having aninclined rim supporting surface, and means for attaching said wedge ring to the wheel body.

7. A vehicle wheel construction comprising a wheel body adapted to support a single tire carrying rim substantially centrally of the wheel body or a pair of tire carrying rims, one on each side of the center of the wheel body, said wheel body having inboard and outboard members having tire rim supporting surfaces, a spacer ring to be used when mounting a pair of tire carrying rims on said wheel body, said spacer ring adapted to abut said inboard and outboard rims oneach side of the center of the wheel body when a pair of rims are used, and a reversible wedge ring adapted to be mounted on the outboard surface of the wheel body when mounting a single rim, said wedge ring being reversed when a pair of rims is mounted on said wheel body, and means for attaching said wedge ring to the wheel body, said wedge ring having a radial flange.

GEORGE ALTHER. 

